Tree Shear???
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polecat
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh gotcha!!!! or should i say u got me!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif she a soon2bded goat!!!!
she is into everything!!! got up this mornand had bout 100 raisins on the f porch agin...she's bin good for the past few mos but a bb in her **** jist doesnt seem to keep her away...she's a lot of fun and is my self cutting gassin lawnmower but if she keeps dis up shes goin on d spit!!!
were gonna have Zoie ribs!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
she is into everything!!! got up this mornand had bout 100 raisins on the f porch agin...she's bin good for the past few mos but a bb in her **** jist doesnt seem to keep her away...she's a lot of fun and is my self cutting gassin lawnmower but if she keeps dis up shes goin on d spit!!!
were gonna have Zoie ribs!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
BillG_in_TX
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cqaigy
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You sure you want to chop those down. They don't look like they're growed up yet. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif We call those seedlings up here in the northwest. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
cqaigy
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BTW how long does it take for trees to get that big in your part of Texas?
Bill,
Thanks for psoting some picks of what I was trying to show. I am certain all Central Texas will agree, that it is not real easy to wade into one of these things with chainsaw in hand and cut them down. Hard, pointy branches are a royal pain in the rumpus!!!
cqaigy - Central Texas doesn't have trees like your old growth stuff. Truly amazing trees /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif But our trade off is we do get to see sunsets /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Our texas cedars (actually white mountain juniper) will get about 6-8' tall and 3' around in about 2-5 years. Those are easy to cut down. My reading has told me that it usually takes 10-25 years for one to get a trunk the size in bill's boot picture. The old growth ones (I would never cut one of these down!) are real beauties if trimmed up and resemble a tree instead of a crabbing land parasite. Those take about 50-70 years and max out at 30-40 feet tall with a gnarled trunk about 3' in diameter. You really have to respect these things, while no bristlecone pine, they really thrive in some harsh conditions. They will take root almost on limestone bedrock, can grow robustly in very dry years, and reproduce prolifically. The trouble started a 100 years ago when the Texas hill country was over grazed (our 3-4' native grasses looked like a ranchers paradise, but grow on a multi-year cycle, not an annual cycle) and the limited topsoil blew away. About the only thing that could grow (cedar) did. Unfortunately, these things use lots of water and block out all the sunlight, so it makes it hard for the land to repair itself. Without trimming strips of these cedar stands to allow grass to grow and springs to recharge, the only thing that grows is more cedar.
I would expect that this post will qualify as TMI (too much information) /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Thanks
Thanks for psoting some picks of what I was trying to show. I am certain all Central Texas will agree, that it is not real easy to wade into one of these things with chainsaw in hand and cut them down. Hard, pointy branches are a royal pain in the rumpus!!!
cqaigy - Central Texas doesn't have trees like your old growth stuff. Truly amazing trees /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif But our trade off is we do get to see sunsets /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Our texas cedars (actually white mountain juniper) will get about 6-8' tall and 3' around in about 2-5 years. Those are easy to cut down. My reading has told me that it usually takes 10-25 years for one to get a trunk the size in bill's boot picture. The old growth ones (I would never cut one of these down!) are real beauties if trimmed up and resemble a tree instead of a crabbing land parasite. Those take about 50-70 years and max out at 30-40 feet tall with a gnarled trunk about 3' in diameter. You really have to respect these things, while no bristlecone pine, they really thrive in some harsh conditions. They will take root almost on limestone bedrock, can grow robustly in very dry years, and reproduce prolifically. The trouble started a 100 years ago when the Texas hill country was over grazed (our 3-4' native grasses looked like a ranchers paradise, but grow on a multi-year cycle, not an annual cycle) and the limited topsoil blew away. About the only thing that could grow (cedar) did. Unfortunately, these things use lots of water and block out all the sunlight, so it makes it hard for the land to repair itself. Without trimming strips of these cedar stands to allow grass to grow and springs to recharge, the only thing that grows is more cedar.
I would expect that this post will qualify as TMI (too much information) /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Thanks
cqaigy
Silver Member
Sunset. hmmm isn't that when the cloads get a darker shade of grey? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
cqaigy
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IrTxRx
Thanks for all the info about where you live. I don't think anybody would say it's TM! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I think it's very interesting to read and see what others are doing and what their part of the country is like.
Thanks for all the info about where you live. I don't think anybody would say it's TM! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I think it's very interesting to read and see what others are doing and what their part of the country is like.
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